Tuesday, 31 October 2017

Thirteen Nights of Halloween Horror | Night Thirteen - Saw (2004)

image credit: lionsgate films

Well, that was anti-climactic. Similar to They Live, this post won't be that long. But this isn't because I became obsessed with Saw - more so that I'm all Halloweened out and the film didn't really do anything for me.

Saw was just one of those films that I had to see. A number of times I've had people astounded that I hadn't seen it -- at least now I can say that I have. I mean, the premise behind the film I am totally on board with, but the acting. I know it was low-budget, but Leigh Whannell's performance was so off-putting throughout the bathroom scenes, and even Cary Elwes and Danny Glover hit really weirdly/cringy marks as well. It was the lesser known actors that really shone through the film -- especially Tobin Bell -- that gave Saw it's edge.

I am planning on watching the rest of the franchise, just to see where it goes ... and maybe because Scott Patterson turns up in some of the sequels.